On January, 27, 2017, many congregants from Am Shalom synagogue in Glencoe, Illinois, crowded together at O’Hare International Airport, waiting to greet one of the last families of Syrian refugees […]

Seven Spices Imagine a souq, an old covered market in the heart of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, built hundreds of years ago by covering narrow connected alleyways with […]

It was Cinco de Mayo, and I was in Rokan’s hot and steamy kitchen, waiting for the last pan of baklava to come out of the hot oven. Since three […]

“Every tribe has an ancestral food that its exiles yearn for, and that its children can’t live without.”                          Judith Thurman, New Yorker Am Shalom’s Syrian families brought tastes for […]

This is the first blog about two Syrian refugees, sisters in their 20’s, who came with their families to the Chicago area one year ago. Immigration would not have happened […]

So incredibly lucky to get a private tour by Seattle chef Jerry Traunfeld of his herb garden behind restaurant Poppy. There are some generous quantities of whole herbs, lots of […]

Whiskey is a Slow Food The sun had risen, delivering another day of winter-mountain perfection in Wanship, Utah, a small town of 400 that’s nestled in the Wasatch Mountains, an […]